RBMN OCS passes the YJPI-3A on the lead from Techneglas (left) and NS 40T on #1 waiting for a recrew.
Norfolk Southern sent a shippers' special from Newark, NJ to Chicago, IL. Here is train NS 951 with restored engine NS 4270 west at Edgewood, PA along PATransit's East Busway.
Trailers and stacks head west through Afton Canyon right before we got quite a flat tire. Taking two cars was definitely the right decision.
A last-minute phone call tipped me off to head up towards Saxonburg to try to lens an oncoming southbound Bessemer ore train. I didn't make it as far as Saxonburg but I made do in the flying snow... (more)
A northbound "scoot" heads past the manned interlocking at Roundout.
An attempt at a unique angle at Orleans - you can see the semaphores just above the 2nd unit's INRD logo. We decided to try this broadside to include the INRD History Train consist.
The Q389 often features western foreign power. Not so today, but we don't mind. Awesome weather and lots of trains made for a fun day May 21. This spot, along the Cassellman River, begs for me to... (more)
Signs that autumn is coming, as this empty coal train passes the town of Pitcairn.
Northbound NS 31T left Enola Yard just a few minutes ago and is scurrying towards Sunbury, PA where it will diverge onto the CP Sunbury main for Binghamton, NY and Rouses Point where it will inter... (more)
Empty bathtub hoppers pass under the C&BL near the slag dump approaching East Conemaugh, PA.
D023 scurries around Glenwood Yard, with ex-Conrail 6631 for power.
A loaded unit salt train, from the Rochester & Southern, heads towards Monessen, PA on the CSX Mon Sub for unloading at the huge salt pile there.
This ex-B&LE SD18 is slated to be retired soon, so we were quite glad to have a chance to lens it at the Potomac Eagle's night photo session.
An eastbound pulls out of Enola Yard and onto Rockville Bridge as I relax and enjoy the view from the Lehigh Room of the Bridgeview Bed & Breakfast.
Wheeling 102 and 100, plus MJRX 513, pull out of the Rayland docks with a cut of empties.